Report: Pentagon plans floating military base in Mideast
WP: Rising tensions with Iran prompt U.S. to deploy "mothership" as base for commando operations in the area
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Bahamas police investigate cruise ship death
26-year-old U.S. tourist has died aboard a Carnival cruise ship and the cruise has been delayed pending the investigation
British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe
Police officer, 4 others detained; Offices of Murdoch's British newspaper searched
Lawsuits filed in Costa Concordia wreck
6 Concordia passengers file lawsuit in Miami court against Costa Cruise Lines and Carnival, seeking $460 million in damages
Arab League halts mission in Syria
Observers suspend mission due to escalating violence that killed nearly 100 people in last three days
WEF meeting at Davos Occupied
Protesters at World Economic Forum engage in standoff with police, while topless protesters from Ukraine are arrested
17th body removed from cruise ship wreck
Cruise ship fuel removal stalled due to rough seas off Italy's Tuscan coast
Yemeni president on way to U.S. for treatment
President Saleh arrives in London, heading to U.S. for medical treatment of wounds suffered in assassination attempt
Hostages freed from pirates face debriefing
Rescued from Somali pirates, Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted are at U.S. base in Sicily as part of reintegration process
Abused Egyptian female protesters fight back
Some of the worst abuses in the crackdown have fallen on women brave enough to protest: Beatings, sexual abuse and "virginity tests"
Magnitude 5.5 quake shakes Japan
No immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued
Austrian far right celebrates on Holocaust holiday
Much of nation appalled by group's decision to hold celebratory ball on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Scientists: Haiti might see several big quakes
Devastating 2010 earthquake was likely first of many more similarly powerful ones, new study says
Egyptians protest army to mark "Friday of Rage"
Demonstrators call for military's ouster to commemorate anniversary of uprising's bloody day
Justice eludes Pakistan family of CIA victim
Family of man killed by U.S. vehicle rushing to CIA-related shooting signals openness to payment
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Trump asking advisers if Hegseth should go, sources say
2 women advanced further in Navy SEAL tryouts than any in history
2 Native American women make history in midterms
All the House districts that flipped in the midterm elections
The 2026 blue wave, in charts
Democrats' election rout is poised to reorder federal health policy
Mamdani says Democrats must keep their "foot on the gas"
Trump touts White House ballroom after GOP midterm losses
